High School Musical Theatre Production Summer Program

During this six-week program, you will work with a professional creative team and other talented students to rehearse and perform a full-scale musical theatre production. Recent titles include Catch Me If You Can, Les Miserables, Children of Eden, Anything Goes, Guys and Dolls, Crazy For You, Aida, Evita,The Music Man, and 9 to 5, The Musical.

This program is designed for students with moderate to advanced experience in musical theatre. The production enjoys full design and technical support, and will have a four performance run in the 950-seat Corson Auditorium (view 360-degree virtual tour).

As a musical theatre production student, you will participate in:

Daily musical theatre production rehearsals, during which students and the creative team (director, choreographer, musical director, and designers) prepare the show.

Private voice lessons

Acting technique class

Theatre topics class (this may include stage combat, acting for the camera, viewpoints, or other important areas within the acting discipline)

You will rehearse and have classes in the beautiful, recently renovated Harvey Theatre building. This program is also supported by the resources of the Mallory Costume Shop, which is home to an impressive 15,000 piece collection.

While musical theatre production students do not take elective classes, you will have many opportunities to enjoy presentations in music, film, dance, creative writing, and visual arts.

Guest Artists

At Interlochen, you will have the opportunity to study with some of the top artists and educators in the field. The theatre department regularly welcomes working professionals and university instructors as visiting artists. Recent guests of the department include:

Audition Requirements

Video file #1: Two 16-bar excerpts from two different songs from standard musical theatre repertoire with piano accompaniment. One excerpt should be from an up-tempo song, and one should come from a ballad or slow song. One excerpt should be a song from the classic musical theatre repertoire (prior to 1960) and one from the contemporary musical theatre repertoire (after 1960).

Video file #2: Briefly talk about your interest in musical theatre and your reasons for applying to this program, followed by one monologue of your choice no longer than two minutes from a published play or musical.

Video file #3: One one-minute sample of movement or dance. The selection should berepresentative of skill-level (include pirouettes, jumps and any type of acrobatic movements).